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The Iola register., 1887-12-23

CHATTER vL-CONrIHUED.
''The big-road's right EN- front nv
u.s." Buck said. cautiously. '.Ef ar
hosses happen to snicker we'll split
right down the big-road towards town.
We kin beat um in the best day they
uvver see" He looked for minute
longer. riding little way out from the
edge of the thicket to do so. Then ap-
parently satisfied. he came hack and
whispering ''come ahead" took ac-
VsSurately the furrow that we had Just
plowed through the bending under
growth. and i'm minute more we
were fitting along the comparatively
safe and open valley of the "Big-Hol-
ler."
Once in the broad visible river road.
our horses were urged to Il ''lope" and
we were soon within short half
hours gallop of town. The river was
half a mile away upon our left. Again
Buck turned and rode cautiously
through little ..nccks" of prairie and
The Iola register., 1887-12-23
ITO BE CONTINUED
First Omaha Burglar-"S;

First Omaha Burglar-''Say. Bill.
here's eminent citizen advertisin' fer
a, faithful Watchdog" Second Burg
lar-'Well. 1 hate to part with my
dog agin. but l guess I'll have to-"
'.Well I'll take him around and sell
him to him. Y'r sure he's faithful,
are YEP" Every time. Hc'u be
faithful to ms every time we want to
climb il the winders. .''-Omaho .orld.
The Iola register., 1887-12-23

Mrs. Agnes Steihr and her niece.
Mrs. Anna Beuchs. of Newark. N. j.,
are engaged in a legal war for the
possession of an old family Bible. Mrs.
Steihr had the book for nineteen years
and Mrs. Beuchs borrowed it. Mrs.
Steihr wanted it again. and her niece
asserted that she owned it, alleging
that her grandmother gave it to her.
Replevin suits followed from each side,
and now the case is in fair way to
&c. to the Supreme Court before it is
settled.
The Iola register., 1887-12-23
LElTHERWOOD HOUSE.
"A Romance of the Early Days
II Hoosierdom.
CHATTER vI.-COSrIHUED.

QCocrig'sed, 1887, by Ia, A. n. Kellogg EesOs-
paper CoD.pdny1
The Iola register., 1887-12-23

The taxpayers of Worcester, Mass,
feel sore. They have long been trying
to get the old South Church off the city
common, and the city council deter
mined to remove it. BY recent
award it has been decided that the city
must pay the parish $14S. 400 damages
before the Objectionable structure can
be taken away. The common was do
mated two hundred years ago for pub
lie and "laeeting-house purposes" and
the. church has been upon it since 1719.
The Iola register., 1887-12-23

-Jobson-''Hello. NObson. you're
not looking well?" Nobson-'.I am
under the weather. Have had to leave
off smoking. too" Jobson-"That's
bad, that's bad" Nobson-..But that
isn't the worst Of it. am almighty
afraid that leaving of smoking is going
to do NE gOod "-Beston Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-30
THE GALAPAGOS ISLES,
A Pacific Group Which Contains Thou
sands of Small Craters,

"A group "nicn CONTAINS Thou.
sands of Small Craters.
The Galapagos Islands are group
of small isles lying directly under the
equator, about six hundred miles from
the coast of Ecuador. They were dis
covered by the Spanish, who named the
group from the numerous land tortoises
found on them, called galapagos in
Spanish, but the single islands have
received English names. The group
consists of some fifteen islands of vari-
Gus sizes, and number of small islets,
many of them mere rocks. All the
islands are of volcanic formation; in
deed the general shape of the islands
is that of avolcano, with large central
dome, with wide and shallow center
on the top and cones of eruption on the
sides. There are about two thousand
OF these small craters on the group, but
the greater number are extinct. The
lower parts of the islands are very
arid, but their SUBMITS, which are
generally covered with clouds, re-
ceive from them moisture enough to
sustain quite flourshing vegetation.
The climate of the islands is temperate,
which is remarkable considering their
position directly under the equator, and
is due to the cool antarctic current,
which, having been DETECTED by the
coast of South America. flows around
these islands. There are two seasons,
the wet and the dry, the former EXTEND
ing from November to March. The
animals and vegetable products of these
islands are noteworthy, as among them
exist several species not to be found in
any other part of the globe. The vege-
tation of the lower parts of these island
hills is but scant, but near the tops
grasses and ferns abound, also large
cacti, and some cultivation has been
made by the inhabitants. In the sew
enteenth century the Galapagos Islands
were a great rendezvous of the buc-
cancers that infested the South seas,
but they had no permanent inhabitants
till 1882, when party of exiles from
Ecuador was sent there. Two of the
islands only have small settlements,
containing perhaps two hundred in
habitants. The islands were once re-
garded as of some Importance because
of the supply of turtles to be found
there, but this supply has been so drawn
upon th"t it is now comparatively quite
mall. The other animals are prin-
cipally lizards and other reptiles, no
mammalia whatever being Indigenous
to the islands, though cattle, pigs, and
goats have been introduced from the
main land The Galapagos Islands be-
.ong politically to Ecuador. - Chtcaqo
(gLer Ocean,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-30
AFTER THE BATTLE.
The Aspect of Troops at Parade and Dur
ing n Sanguinary Conflict.

The Aspect of Troops at Parade and Dur
ing Sanguinary Conflict.
The aspect of troops of all arms Of
the service is very different in battle
from the trim and neat parade appear
ance, but nowhere is this difference so
marked as in the artillery. 1t was al
ways most interesting to me to watch
battery going into action. The artil-
lerymen were. very careful at all times
to be dressed strictly in accordance
with equations, End when battery
took position every cannoneer looked
as if he had just prepared himself for
inspection. Nothing could be neater
and more uniform than their appear
ance. But this did not last long. AS
the fire began TO get hot jacket here
and there would be thrown off; next
the collars would go, and often the
shirts. The men were soon bathed in
perspiration, which they would hastily
brush off with their powder-b lackened
hands, leaving great marks wherever
they touched themselves. When the
men began to fall and were carried to
the rear by their comrades, blood stains
were added to the powder marks, and at
the close of the fight the artillerymen,
so remarkable for their fine appearance
at its opening, presented the most hor-
rible spectacle that can be imagined.
But they soon removed all trace of tho
fray, and by the next day were as clean
and neat as ever. Colonel j. B. Con
doLfo, in ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-30
The SNOW PLANT.
A Beautiful Flower Indigenous to the
Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Beautiful Flower Indigenous to tho
Sierra Nevada Mountains.
One of the most interesting products
of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and
Dne which never fails to excite the Won
der and admiration of the tourists,
whether from the East or the large
cities of the coast, is the beautiful snow
plant. The SC entiiic name for lhls
flower is Sarcodcs Sanguina, meaning
"blooded flesh" June is its month of
blossoming, and it can then be found
growing in secluded spots in the noun
tains where the snow falls deepest in
winter and where the tall grass grows
thickly and casLs an unbroken shade.
The plant itself is from four to ten
inches in height, and it is of bright
scarlet color, including leaves and
flowers, although the stem is pink
and white. The flowers are
attached close to the stem, and the
leaves curl upward and partially hide
the flowers from view, the whole being
in the form of cone. The leaves have
delicate, frost-like edge, which makes
them extremely beautiful. Every
visitor to this vicinity always manages
to secure one of these curiosities to
show to friends below. How these
plants grow is not known to botanists,
as they are neither seed nor bulb. They
are supposed to be parasitic, and can
not be propagated. Localities where
they are abundant one season may not
produce single specimen the next.
A beautiful Indian legend is con-
nected with the origin of this flower,
which is to the effect that once upon
time lovely Indian maiden died of
broken heart on account of the faith
lessness of her lover; that her spirit
sought refuge in the darkest hooks in
the forest, where sounds of her sobbing
and wailing are frequently heard
among the trees; that the tears she shed
are drops of blood and wherever one
of these touches the earth there springs
up a crimson plant.-Trackes (CGl.J
Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-30
Too Much Enthusiasm.

Teaching, to me-" said an enthusi-
astic young schoolma' am" is holy
calling. To sow in the young mind the
seeds of future knowledge and watch
them as they grow and develop, is a
pleasure greater than lean tell. never
weary of my work. think only Of"
81 am very sorry" interrupted the
young man to whom she was talking.
THAT you are so devoted to your pro-
fession, Miss Clark. l had hoped that
some day might ask youth fact
called tonight to-but L hardly dare
go on, in the light of what you"
You may go on. Mr.. Smith," said
the young lady. softly. 'lm little
too enthusiastic at times, perhaps
N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-30
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The golden rule is not the rule of
gold.-JeUiSh Messenger.
"A man is seldom very much hated
until he is successful. -PhiLadelphta
North american.
Few men ever injured themselves
in their efforts to get away from an
Office that was seeking them. boston
Courier.
1t is said that philosophers are wise
men, but it would not do to conclude
from this that all wise men are phil
osophers.
"A man may be eminent without
being amiable. The smallpox makes
its mark in the world, but it is not an
agreeable visitor.
-Gamin You're droppin' some
thin, boss" Citizen-"Bless my soul!
so | am. wouldn't lost that gas bill
for the world. The company might
have sent me 3 longer one. Life.
Mrs. Nouveau Riche-"Aw, yes,
that's very pretty, but don't like the
title, Common Prayer Haven't you
-aw-any other kind? 1 don't care
how much have to ."-Bazar.
The Reason Why.
Why do the few success attain.
An easy thing to settle;
Because the many lack, tbs plain,
The Vertebra and mettle.
-sirings.
There's Reason for Every Thing.
Mr.. why. declare, Miss
Fanny, youl mamma is getting quite
stout" Miss Fanny-"Ah, that is be-
cause we all make 90 much of her. ~
Fun.
"A talented pianist, Nine. de ",
sitting at dinner by the side of Colonel
Benedict, asked him in an smiable tone:
Colonel, are you fond of music?"
Madame" replied the warrior, rolling
his eyes savagcly, Il am not afraid of
it. "-NorriStoWn Herald.
Il will add concluded the young
man applying for situation, ''that
am a college graduate" 80, that
won't make any difference" was the
reassuring reply, eff you want to stick
to your work; and, besides, we want
somebody about the place who is strong
enough to carry coal"
The crossword enigma" is a
favorite kind of verbal mystery with
those who take pleasure in the elucida-
ton OF puzzle departments; but the
most common, though not quite so
agreeable, species of crossword enigma
is the sarcastic remark of ones wife,
the reason for which it is puzzle to
determine. Boston Budget.
How did you enjoy your supper
at Delmonico's last night?' asked one
lady OF another. II want to tell YOU
about it, | called for strawberries and
cream without looking at the menu,
just fancy" Weren't they good?"
Yes; they were good enough; but they
only cost twenty-five cents a dish. I
never felt 50 mortified in all my life. -
N. Y. Mail and Express.
MIR. Suburbe Rusticus shows his
friends over the farm. Here, you see,
put in oats, nearly fifty acres; that is
Hungarian grass over there; this is the
pasture; here | have corn, but not yery
much; and have some wheat" But
y or vegetables and small fruits?" 20.
j: doesn't pay to fool with such truck
on farm; can get every thing in that
line so much better and cheaper from
town. "-BurdeNe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-30
HOME,

Do you remember, Sweet
A summer long ago
A quiet village street,
Its houses all arrow
Broad elm trees shading each,
Gay woodbine clasping one,
A little lawns clear reach
In the sun.
AS like as nest to nest,
When robins build and sing,
With rapture IN the breast,
Through all the days OF spring
AS like as bud to bud,
When early sdowdropS glow,
Those simple homes that stood
Ina row.
Yet never breast OF bird
But knew its chosen rest,
And never heart but stirred
The sweeter for its nest
Twas not the woodbine spray,
Nor light of springing flowers
Twas love, with kindling ray,
Showed US ours.
o, simple wer9 our cares,
And all our store of wealth
Was daily love and prayers,
Clear hope, abiding health.
Our hearts with youth were light
And the burdens of the day
The greeting kiss at night
Could repay.
Those summer days are done,
The autumn winds are cold,
We SILVER in the sun
TITS late, and we are old
Already on our sight
Heavens many mansions glow
With luster pure and bright
Let us go.
wonder-will il be
A wide and stately dome,
A palace large and free,
Where we shall find our home?
Or just a sheltered nook,
Clasped in the woodbine's fold,
With dear, familiar look,
AS of old?
"a Whipple BenhaD1, in Good Housekeeping
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-30

1t is remarkable fact not gem
orally known, that in Ethiopia people
numbering about 100000 have the Old
Testament in an Ethiopic version and
still adhere rigidly to the Mosaic cere-
monies and laws. They are the chill
dren of Hebrew immigrants. who in the
time of the great dispersion settled in
Abyssinia and married wives of that
nation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-30
An Actors Selt-Possession.

The French actor, Regnier, who died
quite recently, never lost his presence
of mind. On one occasion, while act
ing on the stage, the actor with whom
he was to have dialogue. instead of
coming on the stage from the right,
came from toe left. Regnier had al
ready said:
''Ah, Alphonse, you come at last"
Without being in the least Disconnected
by talking to a man who came from
behind, Rcgnier continued; II saw you
coming in the mirror. "-Ieras Sittings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-30

"A colt wants to be kept eating and
growing and exercising and any thing
except fattening, as long as he has a
time assigned him by nature to grow.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-30

The real reason why negroes live
to such an extreme old age is that they
don't know exactly when they were
born.-Shos and Leather Reporter.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16

There is great deal of beauty about
the subject of the above sketch that
doesn't appear in the cut. This beauty
lies in his character and the artist after
several Intellectual attempts to photo
graph his character was obliged to
abandon the undertaking. Edwin 5.
Radcliffe is an architect and has a
splendid eye for distances. This faculty
qualities him for the position OF catcher
in base ball club recently organized IN
the Champion lodge, X. of p. Mr.. Rad
cliffe has climbed well up in this order
and wears the regulation trapplngS OF
the uniform rank with dignity and
grace that would have made Napoleon
Bonaparte more or less pale with envy.
Radcliffe is a great lover of ball play
ing, and he caught very successfully III
several games at White Bear this sea-
son. He never wears mask behind
the bat and says he has never yet
had the instep of his nose nose
knocked in Or his collar bone
broken by foul tip. He does, show,
however, signs of ball playing ON the
tips of his fingers and some OF the joints
of his hands are sadly out of place, but
he says he don't mind little thing like
that. 1t is rumored that an effort has
Teen made to get him to catch in the
Northwestern league next season, but
he refuses to take any steps that will
make professional ball player Of him.
He pitches very difficult curve to hit.
1t usually curves into the batter's ribs.
or neck, or else toys with the vital
points of the umpire. His great ambl-
ton when pitching seems to be, not to
strike the batter out, but to remove him
by death,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16

who was in her day rival of ushman,
and said to be the greatest Meg Merrill
les the world ever saw. Margaret
Mather was one of her pupils, and Mrs.
Langtry received the finishing touches
at her hands. Negotiations are in pro-
gress, and Mrs. Hoyt may become a
member of Mrs. Potter's company.
Mrs. Hoyt attended the old Adams
school in st. Paul in the days when
Prof. Taylor was principal. From child
hood she has been regular attendant
of the Jackson Street NJ. E. church, and
a friend and protege of Mrs. A. d.
Davidson, of Marshall avenue, ST. Paul.
She is step-daughter of the late James
Thompson, who was for years county
surveyor of Dakota county, and was
justice of the peace for Egan Town at
the time Of his death. Mrs. Hoyt is the
owner of valuable real estate on the
West side, worth some ten thousand
dollars, the income of which, however,
is almost swallowed up in the public
improvements going OH there.
The picture of the lady printed above
was taken in st. Paul about a year ago.
Mora has an order for 500 of her photos.
but none of them are available at this
time for purposes of illustration.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16
Governor Marshal.

Ex-Governor Marshal is deliberate
man. He doesn't seem to be nervous.
1t is his custom to arise at o'clock in
the morning, peruse the newspapers,
and after breakfast 90 out for walk.
He clasps his hands behind his back
and walks slowly with firm steady
tread, with his eyes fixed on the side
walk. 1t is just as natural for him to
kick stone or any obstruction that
comes in his way into the gutter as it is
for cribbing horse to gnaw Oh an iron
hitching post. The governor is passion
ately fond of children, and if he meets
them during his morning walk, he never
passes by without chatting with them
pleasantly for few moments. So
thoroughly does he understand the
minds of the little ones, he can talk
with young miss about her doll and
its dresses as enthusiastically as her
mother could. Stormy days the gov
ernOr stays within the walls of his Ii
brary and passes the hours in reading.
He is great lover of books, and eS-
peeially history, and his library shelves
are well stored with works of this char
acter. He is staunch Republican, but
a fftwarm admirer of Mrs. President
Clevelond. Early every Sunday morn
ing, the weather permitting, the gov
ernor goes to divine worship to the little
red brick church that faces Rice park
from the east side of Market street.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16

And the lhutner died of weeping i'll her silly,
savage way.
But the fathers bones had whitened on their
rocky ocean bed
Before his orphans wakened TO the fact that
he was dead
And they were ripe in years when they re-
marked to one another
With mutual amazement, that they hadn't
got mother.
From the day they missed their mother. these
savage sisters three,
Whose names were ToOtle Tum, fiddle FUN
and Tweedie Dea,
Feared, as only three such simpe, uupro-
tected maidenS can
An unforeseen encounter with some horrid
savage man.
In this dilemma fiddle Fun remarked to
Tweedle Dee.
III be to you mother if you'll do the same
by me:
And should Tootle Tum be eager to amelio-
rate her fate
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16
THE STAGE WASHER.

How Courtice Pounds Handles
Himself to Please the Doting
Girls.
COurtice Pounds has come to New
York again, and the hearts of Suscepti-
bic girls, from Madison square to Har-
lem, are iii fiutter, says the New York
Sun. He is supposed to be a handsome
man and sweet singer. Let us see
what it is that New York girls dOte Oh.
He plays the part of French prince of
the last century at the Casino, a role
that requires most of all grace and dig
nifty Of movement, and the exhibition of
the manners of polished courtler
When he made his entrance OH the Oc-
casion of this study there was smatter-
ing of applause. and after that an I'M
ending cackle of gushing comment.
Isn't he handsome" How nice
he looks now that his mus
got just beautiful figure?''
what a. lovely smiler' do look at
that lovely smile! do think he is just
dreadful nice.o These came from all
directions, only too audible, and those
who uttered them were handsome,
richly-dreSSed girls, whose escorts sat
silent. and trying to smile polite agree
ment with the verdict. They were not
of the immature schoolgirl type, but
young ladies who had had plenty of ex-
perIence in society to make them know
whereof they spoke. Whether Pounds
deserves the gush poured out in his be,
half everybody must judge for him or
Herself; but that he is weak actor, and
awkward at that, is undeniable. Cons
siderably under the medium size, he has
round, girlish face, with liquid eyes,
and a mouth that is ever al Jar, like a bal
let dancers, in smile. He is given to
assuming graceful attitudes. and when
once he gets his limbs in to repoSe the
effect is excellent; but the transition
from one pose to another is
marked by various awkward evo-
buttons. His favOrite attitude, for
instance, is one that might be
called gentle horror, if it were not for
the reaSSuring presence of his elastic
smile. He stands with the left foot for
ward, and the right leg bent at the knee,
with the foot thrown so far back that he
can lean away in the same direction
until straight line from his head to the
floor would fall far outside his heel.
His arms are raised and half extended
in either direction, his fingers folded
into his hand to express intense earnest
ness, though one of his hands usually
holds a hat, which he waves pictur-
esquely. After maintaining this pose
for a minute or two, he drops his arms,
and his shoulders flop as he does so, he
lounges forward on one leg and sidles
his weight from one hip to the other.
Then he swings half around on his hips.
thrusts out his right leg, withdraws his
left, lifts the left hand to correspond
with the right, smiles, throws back his
body, and there he is in the reverse of
his first attitude. There are others, and
he gets at them all in much the same
way. But he is a strong card, for the
girls dOte on him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16

To this single sava1e made jos ,Ilar reply
By winking with his beady, black, insinuat-
ing eye:
At to which the maids, as daughters, were
tickled to the core
As mothers, babe the stranger not to do so
any more.
The savage man drew nearer and addressing
Tweedle Dee,
Requested her permission to sit beneath the
tree;
And, as a daughter Tweedle Dee was willing
he should sit,
But Tootle Tum and fiddle Fun they couldn't
think it.
The savage. undiscouraged, then obs erved to
fiddle Fun.
IF quite agreeable to you I'd like to play at
yum
And, as daughter fiddle Fun was willing
he should play
But Tweedle Dee and Tootle Tum thew coldly
said him nay.
Undaunted still this savage MAI to Tootle
Tun he fnnnd